Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
Monism, Vitalism, and Self-Motion
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-765163-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
Lascano illuminates under-appreciated nuances in Cavendish's and Conway's views, highlighting the important differences between their systems. Examining their views in tandem allows readers to appreciate the originality of their ideas and their responses to seventeenth-century debates. The book's final chapter then explains how Cavendish's metaphysics lays the groundwork for her natural philosophy, while Conway's metaphysics provides the foundation for her theodicy.
Drawing on their original writing and engaging with existing scholarship, Lascano presents the first sustained comparison of Cavendish's and Conway's metaphysics revealing the differences between Cavendish's thoroughgoing naturalism and Conway's spiritualism. In turn, she enlarges our view of these thinkers and their unique ways of understanding the world around us.